Toxic Releases from Facilities

The Toxic Releases from Facilities indicator is the proportion of a neighborhood within one kilometer or 0.62 miles of industrial facilities that release toxic emissions. The higher the value, the more negative the impact on neighborhood health. Data is from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and was collected in 2012. The EPA provides annual emissions data for all major stationary sources of air pollution through the Toxic Release Inventory (TRI).

 

Exposure to these pollutants can cause increased cardiovascular disease, asthma, cancer and a range of other negative health effects. Toxic Releases from Facilities is in the Environmental Hazards domain.

Neighborhood Indicator Value Ranksort ascending
Beltrami 100.0% 84
St. Anthony West 100.0% 84
St. Anthony East 100.0% 84
Nicollet Island - East Bank 100.0% 84
Como 98.9% 83
North Loop 95.7% 81
Mid - City Industrial 95.7% 81
Marshall Terrace 92.5% 80
Bottineau 92.3% 79
Northeast Park 90.6% 78
Windom 89.8% 77
Sheridan 88.9% 76
Shingle Creek 84.2% 75
Columbia Park 80.4% 74
Hawthorne 76.1% 73
Humboldt Industrial Area 75.0% 72
Sumner - Glenwood (Heritage Park) 69.2% 71
Cedar Riverside 67.2% 70
Whittier 60.2% 69
Marcy Holmes 57.7% 68
Lyndale 56.9% 67
Phillips West 56.6% 66
McKinley 46.9% 65
Seward 46.0% 64
Holland 43.2% 63
Downtown West 39.8% 62
University of Minnesota 39.5% 61
Lind - Bohanon 39.0% 60
Windom Park 37.3% 59
Central 35.4% 58
Near - North 31.1% 57
Victory 26.4% 56
Webber - Camden 21.1% 55
Diamond Lake 16.3% 54
Logan Park 14.7% 53
Waite Park 9.2% 52
Ventura Village 6.5% 51
Prospect Park - East River Road 6.1% 50
Kenny 6.0% 49
Lowry Hill East 4.5% 48
Loring Park 2.1% 47
Harrison 1.3% 46
Bryant 0.0% 1
Standish 0.0% 1
Bancroft 0.0% 1
Cleveland 0.0% 1
Howe 0.0% 1
Linden Hills 0.0% 1
Folwell 0.0% 1
West Calhoun 0.0% 1
Fulton 0.0% 1
Bryn - Mawr 0.0% 1
King Field 0.0% 1
Willard - Hay 0.0% 1
Lynnhurst 0.0% 1
Field 0.0% 1
Hiawatha 0.0% 1
East Harriet 0.0% 1
Regina 0.0% 1
Jordan 0.0% 1
Downtown East 0.0% 1
Tangletown 0.0% 1
Northrop 0.0% 1
Ericsson 0.0% 1
Lowry Hill 0.0% 1
Elliot Park 0.0% 1
Page 0.0% 1
Steven's Square - Loring Heights 0.0% 1
Hale 0.0% 1
Midtown Phillips 0.0% 1
Keewaydin 0.0% 1
East Phillips 0.0% 1
Kenwood 0.0% 1
Camden Industrial 0.0% 1
Wenonah 0.0% 1
Cedar - Isles - Dean 0.0% 1
Minnehaha 0.0% 1
East Isles 0.0% 1
Audubon Park 0.0% 1
Calhoun Area Residents Action Group (CARAG) 0.0% 1
Armatage 0.0% 1
Longfellow 0.0% 1
Cooper 0.0% 1
East Calhoun (ECCO) 0.0% 1
Powderhorn Park 0.0% 1
Morris Park 0.0% 1
Corcoran 0.0% 1

Key Citations: 1. Brunekreef B, Holgate ST. (2002) Air pollution and health. Lancet Oct 19; 360(9341):1233-42. Review. PubMed PMID: 12401268.

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2. U.S. EPA (2011) An Overview of Methods for EPA’s National-Scale Air Toxics Assessments. United States Environmental Protection Agency. January 2011.

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3. U.S. EPA (2012) User’s Manual for RSEI Model Version 2.3.1.

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4. California Environmental Protection Agency (2013) California Communities Environmental Health Screening Tool, Version 1 (CalEnviroScreen 1.0): Guidance and Screening Tool, April 2013.

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5. United States Code, Title 42, Chapter 85, Air Pollution Prevention and Control..

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